θνητός
thnetos
liable to death, mortal
Appears 44 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θνητός, ή, όν, also ός, όν Ion 973,IA 901, 1396: Dor. θνᾱτός (v. infr.): Aeol. θνᾶτος Supp. 13.7: (θνῄσκω):—A. liable to death, mortal, opp. ἀθάνατος, freq. in , Od. 5.213, al.; θ. ἄνδρες Th. 967; οὐδὲν . . θνητὸν ἐόν 8.98; ζῷα πάντα θ. καὶ φυτά Sph. 265c: as Subst., θνητοί mortals, Od. 19.593, etc.; θνηταί mortal women, 5.213; πάντων τῶν θ. of all mortal creatures, 1.216, 2.68; εἴ τις φθόγγος (φθόγγον cod., but θ. is only used of living persons) εἰσακούεται θνητῶν παρʼ Ἅιδῃ HF 491: Comp., ἐν θνητῷ ὄντες, ἔτι θνητοτέρους ἑαυτοὺς ποιοῦντες Abst. 4.20: Sup., θνητότατος πάντων 5.1.1. 2. of things, befitting mortals, human, ἔργματα Ba. 1069; θνατὰ θνατοῖσι πρέπει I. 5(4).16; θνατὰ χρὴ τὸν θνατὸν . . φρονεῖν [263], cf. Tr. 473; τὸ δαιμόνιον μεταξύ ἐστι θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ Smp. 202e.
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